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AMSIS

SoftwareBremen, GermanyFounded 2017· One of 352 Software companies tracked by AMPulse

Develops GENESIS numerical simulation software for metal 3D printing to optimize data preparation and eliminate support structures for overhangs.

CEO / Founder
Vasily Ploshikhin
Team Size
11-50
Stage
Active
Total Funding
Undisclosed
Latest Round
Grant
Key Investors
HZG Group

Technology & Products

Key Products

GENESIS

Technological Advantage

Proprietary GENESIS software reduces material usage and post-processing labor by enabling <45° overhangs, a significant improvement over standard metal AM constraints.

Patent position

AMSIS filed 11 patent families across all years, more than Additive Works’ 2 and fewer than Hexagon’s 23. AMPulse analysis

Filing momentum
0 families filed 2022–2024, 4 in 2019–2021
Filed in
WO 64%EP 27%US 9%
Named competitors, AM patent families
Additive Works 2Hexagon 23

11 AM patent families in total. Recent years are still being published, so read a filing change against the same-office figure.

Differentiation

Value Proposition

Reduces production costs and material waste by enabling support-free printing of overhangs at angles less than 45 degrees through advanced process simulation.

How They Differentiate

Focuses specifically on numerical simulation for support-free metal AM, targeting complex industrial components like rotor blades, differentiating from general data prep tools.

Market & Competition

Target Customers

Industrial users in metal 3D printing

Industry Verticals

Aerospace; Energy; Industrial Manufacturing

Competitors

Additive Works (Amphyon); 1000 Kelvin; Simufact (Hexagon)

Growth & Milestones

Growth Metrics

Team of 12 employees; enables <45° overhangs without supports; serving a handful of industrial customers.

Major Milestones

Founded in 2017 as a spin-off from University of Bremen; Received initial ERDF financing via EFRE-Beteiligungsfonds; Secured strategic investment from HZG Additive Manufacturing Tech Fund in Spring 2021; Relocated to Bremen Technology Park in January 2022; Successfully printed rotor blade prototypes without support structures

Notable Customers

ArianeGroup; Premium AEROTEC; Aconity3D

https://www.amsis.de

AM patents

AM-relevant patents linked to this company.

Patents
11
Granted
0
Families
11

Leading domains: material (11), process (11), equipment (10)

Filings by year: 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 1

  1. METHOD FOR SIMULATION-BASED DETECTION OF THERMALLY CRITICAL COMPONENT AREAS AND METHOD FOR COMPONENT-SPECIFIC ADAPTION OF LOCAL HEAT GENERATION DURING ADDITIVE PRODUCTION03318352 · EP
  2. METHOD FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT, AND REPAIRING SYSTEM2021175791 · WO
  3. AUTOMATED SEPARATION OF SUPPORT STRUCTURES FROM A POWDER-BED-BASED ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENT2018141476 · WO
  4. METHOD FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING A SCANNING STRATEGY FOR THE CORRESPONDING CONTROL OF A SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT20210129226 · US
  5. METHOD FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING A SCANNING STRATEGY FOR THE CORRESPONDING CONTROL OF A SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT2018184726 · WO

Funding rounds

  • SeedUndisclosed2021-11Source: Startbase - November 2021
  • GrantUndisclosedSource